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Sketch of Dancing Figures
John Singer Sargent -- American painter  
Date?
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Graphite pencil with pen and ink on paper
25.2 x 36.2 cm (9 15/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Ormond in memory of their brother John Singer Sargent
28.940
 Jpg: MFA  

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Probably done on one of his trips to the Alps the sketch shows John's attempt at catching the energy of  the dance which may have played a part, later on, in bringing together his composition for Dancing Figures he would do at the Museum of Fine Arts

 
Dancing Figures
Rotunda Bas-Relief
1919-1920


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